Participate

At Isha Yoga Center Mahashivratri has been celebrated with great pomp and grandeur for many years. A cultural extravaganza of music, dance and powerful guided meditations conducted by Sadhguru, the event regularly draws hundreds of thousands each year. An even larger number of people witness and participate in the event online through our live webstream and on TV through our media partners.

Online Webstream

Classical Yoga Workshop:

March 1-5, 2019

Traditionally, the time around Mahashivratri is considered as an auspicious time to enhance and deepen yogic practices. The Classical Yoga Workshop provides an opportunity to participate in a special yoga program and to stay in the consecrated environs of the Isha Yoga Center during Mahashivratri.

Live Telecast Across India:

Volunteer

Sadhguru has mentioned that Mahashivratri at Isha should be celebrated in a grand manner as an offering to Adiyogi.

Lakhs of people from across the world are expected to come for the event. Enormous preparations have already begun at the ashram to make an event of this proportion happen in the most beautiful way.

Considering the scale of the event, we will need thousands of volunteers to arrive days in advance to help with the preparations for Mahashivratri.
You can come to the Isha Yoga Center as early as possible or at least one week before Mahashivratri to volunteer.

Satsang

Mahashivratri is celebrated with great pomp and vigor at Isha Yoga Center. Lakhs of people from all over India and the rest of the world participate in the unique nightlong gathering and Satsang with Sadhguru.

Meditation

Powerful meditations are conducted by Sadhguru throughout the night, interspersed with lively and colorful cultural programs.

Midnight Meditation

At the stroke of midnight, Sadhguru initiates the huge gathering into a very powerful meditation which is the most looked forward to event of the night.

A Powerful Mantra Chant

A simple chant becomes a powerful process of transformation in the presence of a realized master. This Mahashivratri, join us on the Live webstream to participate in this guided meditation led by Sadhguru. Learn More

Prepare for Mahashivratri – Mahashivratri Sadhana

Mahashivratri at Home

The natural upsurge of energy within the human body allows one to do certain types of powerful sadhana which would normally be unsuitable for those who have not put in the necessary preparation.

As most people know, we have always instructed people not to do chanting of the Mahamantra “AUM Namah Shivaya” in normal circumstances. But on the night of Mahashivratri, one can do this sadhana and reap many benefits.

Those who cannot be at the Isha Yoga Center during Mahashivratri can make use of the night in the following manner.

It is most beneficial to stay awake, aware and in a vertical position throughout the night, without lying down.

You can prepare your room by lighting a lamp or a Linga Jyothi, and placing a Dhyanalinga Yantra or Sadhguru’s picture, flowers, incense etc.

You can chant, sing or listen to devotional songs and chants.

If alone, it is good to take a walk or be with nature. If in a group, it is good to be silent as far as possible.

The midnight sadhana can be performed in the following manner: 11:10pm to 11:30 pm –Sukha Kriya; 11:30 to 11:50 pm – AUM chanting; 11:50 pm – 12:10 am – Chanting of the Mahamantra, “AUM Namah Shivaya.”

If you are following the celebrations through live telecasts and webcasts, you can follow the meditation instructions given there.

Maha Annadanam

Long before history came to be recorded, people the world over have recognized the close association between food and life. The Sanskrit word annadanam literally means the offering or sharing (danam) of food (annam). In Indian culture, the sharing of food has always been considered a sacred duty. In every community across the Indian subcontinent, no festival or ceremony is complete without annadanam, or the distribution of prasadam, the edible items offered during puja. We offer food to our ancestors, to the devas, to sanyasis, elders, pilgrims, as well as to family, friends, visitors, and to anyone who feels hunger, including animals. Because of this universal tradition, for millennia, yogis, saints and sages have been able to travel from one end of the country to the other spreading the spiritual sciences across the subcontinent.

During the nightlong celebration of Mahashivratri, Maha Annadanam is offered to the hundreds of thousands of devotees who attend the event at the Isha Yoga Center. Isha Foundation offers one the opportunity to contribute towards the Annadanam.